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Haha, I don't mean orange paint and olive green refrigerators lol. I mean the wooden timber look and Tiffany lamps and that sort of thing.
Both of my sisters had that ‘Princess’ style of white furniture. French provincial wannabe stuff. I had dark stained pine. Smack in the mid to late 70’s.
And yes we had harvest gold everything and green shag carpeting. The horror!!!
I always thought that apartment was more Boho Chic. Lots of different patterns, some bold colors (orange), textures and earthiness mixed with vintage.
Plants were also big in the 70s along with macrame plant hangers interspersed with beads. I made a bunch of them for gifts. Evidently those are coming back in style!
The emphasis on wood, floral patterns, chintz/heavy pattern, faux gas table lamp, saloon chandeliers.....It was called Country Chic.
It paired well with the 'old west' themes throughout pop culture at the time - see popular tv shows like Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons.
Design styles oftentimes swing from one end of the pendulum to the other. This style was intended to be cozy and homey and comforting. The exact opposite of the 'mod' sixties styles that preceeded it. And the Mod Sixties were all about striking out and rejecting the 50s styles which emphasized family, rigid social structures, and stability (which was what people craved after the 40s, which was a time of war, rations, fear, and uncertainty).
Victoriana was just an extension of Bo Ho chic in the 70s - bent wood rockers, "Tifanny" lamps, wicker furniture especially those high-backed wicker chairs, spider plants, ferns, dark wood paneling, mirrors with writing on them ornate thrifted furniture that was probably just mass produced in the 1930s. They continues to sell ornate furniture well after the Victorian period, swag lamps etc.
A lot of people's homes looked like a Steak and Brew, or some chain steak house with all the beer, wine and cola you can drink.
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